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2 Euros Erasmus Programme
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 2 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Greek, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The common reverse of the €2 circulation coin, designed by Luc Luycx, depicts a geographical representation of Europe spanning both the inner core and outer ring on the right side of the coin. The denomination '2 EURO' is inscribed across the design, with the numeral '2' set in the open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Twelve stars of the European Union flag are arranged along the right portion of the outer ring, with six stars above and six below the map. Six vertical lines incised across the inner core visually unite the upper and lower star groupings, and the mint master's mark 'LL' appears in the field. |
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The Erasmus Programme, launched in 1987, has funded student exchanges across Europe for over three decades — but the commemorative series marking its 35th anniversary in 2022 was issued simultaneously by every eurozone member state, each with its own national design. Greece's participation in the programme has carried particular symbolic weight since the 2010s debt crisis, during which austerity measures gutted university funding while Erasmus grants continued flowing to Greek students largely uninterrupted, underwritten by EU institutional budgets rather than the national treasury.